2 Chronicles 2:1
Solomon ordered the building of a Temple to honor the Lord and a royal palace for himself.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
And Solomon determined to build an house for the name of the LORD, and an house for his kingdom.
In Context
2He allocated 70,000 men as laborers, 80,000 as stone cutters in the mountains, and 3,600 as foremen.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 12:5No, you must go to the place the Lord your God will choose from the territory of all your tribes where he will live with you. That's where you must go.
Deuteronomy 28:58If you don't carefully observe all these laws written down in this book so that you may show respect for this glorious and awesome Lord your God,
1 Kings 5:15Solomon had 70,000 porters and 80,000 stonecutters in the hill country,
1 Kings 8:18But the Lord told my father David, ‘You had the desire to build a Temple to honor me, and it was good that you really wanted to do this.
1 Kings 9:1After Solomon had finished the Lord's Temple and the royal palace, having accomplished everything he'd wanted to do,
Matthew 6:9So pray like this: Our heavenly Father, may your name be honored.
Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 2:1
Solomon's trading, which we read of in the close of the foregoing chapter, and the encouragement he gave both to merchandise and manufacturers, were very commendable. But building was the work he was designed for, and to that business he is here applying himself. Here is, I. Solomon's determination to build the temple and a royal palace, and his appointing labourers to be employed herein, ver. 1, 2 , 17 , 18 . II. His request to Huram king of Tyre to furnish him both with artists and materials, ver. 3-10 . III.… Read the whole commentary →